Papers, 1897-1983

Rowan, Carl Thomas, 1925-2000

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Carl Thomas Rowan (born August 11, 1925, Ravenscroft, Tennessee – September 23, 2000, Washington, D.C.) was a syndicated columnist, commentator, diplomat, and author received his B.A. degree from Oberlin College in 1947, and his M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1948. During the 1950s he rose to prominence as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, becoming one of the first African-Americans to report for a major daily newspaper. He won national honors for his reports which ranged from ra...

Hale, William J.

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Douglas, Aaron

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Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1898, Aaron Douglas became the most celebrated artist-illustrator to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance. He attended the University of Nebraska (F.B.A.), Columbia University Teachers College (M.A.) and l'Academie Scandinave in Paris. Douglas' career spanned sixty years of painting, drawing and illustrating. He created numerous murals, usually of allegorical scenes on the historical life or cultural background of African Americans. In 1937 Douglas became a professor of a...

Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University

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Tennessee Fine Arts Center

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Gore, George W.

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FRANCES EUPHEMIA THOMPSON, ca. 1903-1991

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Frances Euphemia Thompson wrote that she was born in Nashville, Tenn., on July 11, "at the turn of the century"; the exact year is not known. After the death of her father, Archer, in 1907, her mother, Harriet, raised FET and her eight siblings with the help of "Aunt Judy," an elderly friend of the family and a former slave. FET attended public elementary schools through the 9th grade, when the family moved across town; she completed her high school education at Tennessee Agricultur...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Munsterberg, Ella

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Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007

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The sketchbook was produced during a residency at the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston, Mass. From the description of An artist's sketchbook of the South End [graphic] : a walking tour about black people / Allan Rohan Crite. 1977. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 44996367 Painter and illustrator, of Boston, Mass.; b. in Plainfield, N.J.; the Circuit Case Extension Cooperative, founded 1937, was a project bringing original art and cultural material to southern...

Julius Rosenwald Fund

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Founded by Julius Rosenwald; incorporated Oct. 30, 1917 in Chicago, Ill., as a non-profit corporation with the purpose of promoting "the well-being of mankind;" after Rosenwald met Booker T. Washington in 1911, funds focus was on Negro interests. From the description of Julius Rosenwald Fund records, 1917-1948. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972601 In 1917, Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, initiated the Julius R...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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